The SDG Book Club launched in April 2019, the aim being to develop a reading list of titles for readers aged 6-12 years about the importance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to encourage young people around the world to set up their own book clubs on this subject (more...
TheAstrid Lindgren Memorial Award(ALMA) is a global award, given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. Created by the Swedish government in 2002, it offers a prize of five million Swedish kronor, the largest award of i...
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Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail...
In 1970, 15-year-old Jane is partying with her friends and is shocked when police officers show up to arrest her under the Wayward Minors Act after her mother reports her missing. Jane is sent to a maximum-security children’s prison, where she meets the Racket. These girls have formed ...
For 15 years, Lucas was Emmie’s life. But now he’s getting married, and everything’s changing. I was extremely frustrated with Emmie’s dependent attachment to Lucas, the way she‘d drop everything and everyone else for him, the way she loved the idea of him and was blind to his...
Careless by Kirsty Capes is an excellent debut novel which was longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is about a 15-year-old girl in care who discovers that she is pregnant and Capes handles the narrative very convincingly. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wai...
Inside: Reading should be fun for kids! Here are the best chapter books for kids that will make your child learn to love reading, from ages 5 to teen. This past summer, my 15-year-old read at least one chapter book every day. For the seventh summer in a row. She’s positively ...
The girls paint “Welcome Home” signs to hang for his return. And of course, there’s a happy ending. “There he is , Emily!” yells the little girls mother. The father removes his helmet and strolls out of his airplane, and he’s carrying a bouquet of flowers. The end is ...
The SDG Book Club launched in April 2019, the aim being to develop a reading list of titles for readers aged 6-12 years about the importance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to encourage young people around the world to set up their own book clubs on this subject (more...